Well, we are finally at the end of the school year! One week left and the boys will be able to relax and enjoy the summer...and I won't have to make another lunch box for two months!! We have lots planned for the summer and we can not wait! We have all had such a long winter, it is so nice to look forward to the heat of the summer.
Not much new with me. I have treatment this Thursday and an appointment with my family doctor next week (July 4). I made the appointment because I want a second opinion on reconstruction. So, I am hoping my family doctor can make a referral for me. Also, I have been working out for the past few months and have developed a "bulge" at my surgery site and I want her to check it....and hopefully tell me it's just my muscle. I am sure that's all it is, but it's better safe than sorry with anything concerning my chest...or my body for that matter! So, on to my next update...I have been having a lot of aching in my feet and ankles since I finished treatment. I called my nurse last week because I am now having aches in my hands and joints...again, not sure if it is from working out. She told me she would talk to my Oncologist and see if she may want to order a bone scan. Also, I am waiting for a call to get my mammogram done. It's been a year and I should have had one scheduled by now. But, there has been a lot of miscommunication between my Oncologist, Surgeon and family doctor. I think I have it all sorted out, so should be hearing from the hospital soon on an appointment date.
We are getting excited to be going home for vacation. The boys and I are going for a month and Jason will be coming for two weeks. We all need a vacation...time to relax and get away from here and doctors! :) Although we will miss our friends here, this summer, we are looking forward to spending time with family and friends!
Like I said in the beginning, not much new with me...just plugging along and trying to stay healthy!
Be positive, be strong and continue to pray!!
Monday, 24 June 2013
Thursday, 13 June 2013
What A Year!
It's amazing when you look back on a year and see how far you have come, how many things have changed and how YOU have changed as a person!
It was a year ago today that Jason found a lump in my right breast. I remember that moment like it was yesterday! When he brought it to my attention, I cried like a baby. It was all that I could do! Thinking that cancer has always been a part of my life...like so many others effected by this terrible disease, I was scared to think that it could possibly be happening to me. I wasn't even 40 yet! I'm not saying that once you hit 40 you should expect for bad things to happen, but I did think, I am too young for this to be happening to me! I remember all the thoughts that raced through my mind...is this really going to be cancer, what if I don't survive, how will my boys grow up without me, how will Jason move on without me? These were all questions that went through my mind as I made the call to my doctor.
You never expect bad things to happen to you. You feel bad for the people that have shit luck and you hope that you never have to experience half the things that others do. But that is not the way that life works! We all, at some point, will lose a loved one, will be sick and think that you will never get better...but we do, we get better, we get over losing someone..as a race, we are resilient to our environment. We all know that life goes on and that you just have to pull your boots up and trudge on! I realize that it is really hard to get past some things in your life, trust me, I have been there more times than I care to note. But in the end, we all get through it...with love and guidance from loved ones or by just having a good friend to vent to.
If I look back on my year and you told me that I was going to make it through the other side, stronger, more knowledgeable, more loving and caring, and healthier, I would have thrown my hands up and said, you are crazy! I could never get through all that! Trust me, there were days that I wanted to curl up in a ball and just hide until it was all over, but I knew that if I did that, darkness would take over and I would be one lost soul. I knew that for me and my family, I had to face this head on and tackle it to the ground, kick it to the curb and jump with victory! Which is what I did!
I would never wish this past year on my worst enemy, nor would I change a thing....it has made me stronger, more patient, happier, proud and has also reminded me not to take a single day for granted! Love the people that love you and forget the ones that don't. For life is way to short to waste any time on things that don't make you happy.
Be positive, be strong and continue to pray for all those that let darkness knock and their door.
It was a year ago today that Jason found a lump in my right breast. I remember that moment like it was yesterday! When he brought it to my attention, I cried like a baby. It was all that I could do! Thinking that cancer has always been a part of my life...like so many others effected by this terrible disease, I was scared to think that it could possibly be happening to me. I wasn't even 40 yet! I'm not saying that once you hit 40 you should expect for bad things to happen, but I did think, I am too young for this to be happening to me! I remember all the thoughts that raced through my mind...is this really going to be cancer, what if I don't survive, how will my boys grow up without me, how will Jason move on without me? These were all questions that went through my mind as I made the call to my doctor.
You never expect bad things to happen to you. You feel bad for the people that have shit luck and you hope that you never have to experience half the things that others do. But that is not the way that life works! We all, at some point, will lose a loved one, will be sick and think that you will never get better...but we do, we get better, we get over losing someone..as a race, we are resilient to our environment. We all know that life goes on and that you just have to pull your boots up and trudge on! I realize that it is really hard to get past some things in your life, trust me, I have been there more times than I care to note. But in the end, we all get through it...with love and guidance from loved ones or by just having a good friend to vent to.
If I look back on my year and you told me that I was going to make it through the other side, stronger, more knowledgeable, more loving and caring, and healthier, I would have thrown my hands up and said, you are crazy! I could never get through all that! Trust me, there were days that I wanted to curl up in a ball and just hide until it was all over, but I knew that if I did that, darkness would take over and I would be one lost soul. I knew that for me and my family, I had to face this head on and tackle it to the ground, kick it to the curb and jump with victory! Which is what I did!
I would never wish this past year on my worst enemy, nor would I change a thing....it has made me stronger, more patient, happier, proud and has also reminded me not to take a single day for granted! Love the people that love you and forget the ones that don't. For life is way to short to waste any time on things that don't make you happy.
Be positive, be strong and continue to pray for all those that let darkness knock and their door.
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